Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: manipulate the processes. I want to ask the Chair to consider moving a further amendment on Clause 44A by deleting (b) and also under direct procurement to remove the issue of urgency. Urgency is created and Hon. Mbadi has probably suffered under this with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Why restrict and go for direct procurement because of urgency and time required? You have all the time to determine what you need. There is no private investor who will walk into this country and get into some contracts with some urgency without having evaluated what is required. I ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to begin from where the Leader of the Majority has stopped with the example of the East African Marine Cable. If we get all manner of brokers as he has said and any of them can offer a better deal and negotiate with those two providers then, why not? We are talking about public funds being used and we must ensure it is in the most prudent and efficient way. I can hear the Leader of the Majority Party saying these are private funds. They are private funds which private investors are coming to ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: the processes. I want to ask the Chair to consider moving a further amendment on Clause 44A by deleting (b) and also under direct procurement to remove the issue of urgency. Urgency is created and Hon. Mbadi has probably suffered under this with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Why restrict and go for direct procurement because of urgency and time required? You have all the time to determine what you need. There is no private investor who will walk into this country and get into some contracts with some urgency without having evaluated what is required. I support ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I oppose this amendment. My reason is simple, as I had stated earlier. Yes, you are putting private capital but this private capital is expected to be recouped from public funds not through profits from some enterprise. Therefore, it is important and imperative that the Office of the Auditor General is involved in audit of any project where public money is being used, whether it is at the beginning of the project, at inception or at the end of the project. I want to give the example of this Expressway from Jomo Kenyatta International ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Clause immediately after Clause 21- view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Attorney General to certify projects. 21A. (1) Subject to the provisions of Part III and Part VI, the Attorney- General shall have power to determine whether a proposed project concerns county government. (2) A contracting authority or county government which intends to enter into a public private partnership shall apply to the Attorney-General for a determination as to whether the proposed project concerns a county government. (3) The Attorney-General shall issue a certificate of the determination in accordance with this section. The intention of this clause is to reinforce what is already in the Bill. Parts 3 and 6 of ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Duale, said, this will prevent cases where a governor decides to engage into projects that necessarily do not involve county governments or where a contracting authority gets into projects that touch county governments. Any contracting authority or county government that intends to get into a PPP agreement will then apply to the Attorney-General to give a determination as to whether the proposed projects concern a county government. Thereafter, a certificate will be issued. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I oppose this amendment. My reason is simple, as I had stated earlier. Yes, you are putting private The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: capital but this private capital is expected to be recouped from public funds not through profits from some enterprise. Therefore, it is important and imperative that the Office of the Auditor General is involved in audit of any project where public money is being used, whether it is at the beginning of the project, at inception or at the end of the project. I want to give the example of this Expressway from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to ABC Place, Westlands. As much as it is China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) or whoever it is that is putting ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am from Kiambu County but not Nyeri County. I know the difference. view